A 22-year-old Waikato farm worker is missing after hitching a ride home on Friday night, sparking fears for his safety.

The family of a man who died while being restrained in his prison cell are unhappy with the coroner's findings that “justifiable and necessary restraint” was used.

Standing in front of a round green door, set into a cheery hillside, I half expect to see Gandalf the Grey and Bilbo Baggins wandering up the footpath.

It may be the butt of many a joke, but Colin Hogg can't wait to get back to the city Aucklanders love to hate.

Police have released the name of a man killed in a motorbike crash in Waikato on Sunday.

Alexia Santamaria finds there is more than enough to keep both parents and kids happy on a day trip to Hamilton.

Dionne Christian finds activities for all ages in Pirongia and its surrounds.

A former prison guard who admitted arranging drug deals into a Waikato facility with an inmate has been fired.

So you've been tasked with organising a hen's party ... one option is fleeing the city and swapping novelty cakes and forced craziness for a weekend of fun and pampering.

Elisabeth Easther travels back in time to a sleepy town at the end of the Waikato River.

Warmer weather brings a new energy for experiencing the great outdoors. Great Lake Taupo will not disappoint, writes Donna Jarden.

A 17-year-old has been flown to Waikato Hospital after suffering severe injuries in a motorcycle crash.

An award-winning painting stolen from Waikato Hospital had just been selected by an art expert to hang in the upgraded mortuary because of its "ability to calm people" at a stressful time.

Christchurch mayor Bob Parker doesn't pull any punches in a personal account of the earthquakes that rocked his city.

Elisabeth Easther becomes 'spokes woman' for the joys of the Hauraki Rail Trail.

Dairy products are spilling into the Awakino Gorge on State Highway 3 after a serious milk tanker crash this morning.

A Canadian man has been charged over the death of a Canadian woman in a T-bone collision in eastern Waikato.